Fishing Peter and Paul Lakes in Gogebic County, Michigan

• Overview

  You will find Peter and Paul Lakes in Gogebic County, Michigan. The setting is mixed forest on every side. About 6 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is a small entry by Gogebic County standards. You are 26 miles from Wakefield. Green Bay sits 140 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Peter and Paul Lakes

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Gogebic County names bluegill, yellow perch, walleye and largemouth bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Peter and Paul Lakes gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 9°F and July at about 65°F, the water has a wide range to work through. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. From about late April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Time your trip to Peter and Paul Lakes by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Raspberry Lake is 0.2 miles off. Where Peter and Paul Lakes is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.